TN leaders move to make children safer

5:11 PM,
Sep. 26, 2013

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A high-powered group of Tennessee commissioners, judges and lawmakers agreed Thursday to work together in the next year on a series of projects to better protect children and improve the juvenile justice system.

The panel, known as the Three Branches Institute because leaders from across government participate, used the past year to set common goals and create a wish list of improvements.

In the next year they hope to break down how the Department of Children's Services investigates abuse, create uniformity across juvenile courts, collect more useful data about children in foster care ...